Durūz, Mount adal-Arabic Jabal adal-Durūz, also spelled Jebel edel-Druz, French Le Djebel Druzemountain just east of asAl-Suwaydāʾ , in southern Syria. Mount adal-Durūz rises to about 5,900 feet (1,800 mmetres). The name in Arabic means Mountain “Mountain of the Druzes.”

The Druze, a sect derived from the Ismaīʿīlīte Ismāʿīliyyah branch of Shīʿite IslāmIslam, have been settled in the area of Mount adal-Durūz since the 11th century. There are some 120 Druze villages located on or near the mountain, among them Sālah (Roman Salamanestha), the largest on the eastern slope, and Qanawāt (Roman Canatha), on the west, the seat of the highest ranking jawwād (spiritual leader) in the locality. Qanawāt is a place of pilgrimage for the Druze. The entire area of Mount adal-Durūz, which is located strategically on the north-south trade route, contains the remains of many Roman towns and forts.